Larry Stotler wrote: >> The inclusion of zenworks is a little intriguing as I have some >> familiarity with the commercial variant of the beast, cannot see it >> being of benefit to SOHO users, but if some the workstation management >> stuff is in place could rather useful for multi-machine environments. >> Seems to be rather undocumented ..... > > And a resource hog on older machines. Most recommend removing it > during install. > Zenworks makes sense when you have a reasonable number of machines (>20) and have the resources to setup a local repository that can sync with external sources. In conjunction with Novel Directory Services it offers formidable centralised workstation management capabilities. It makes little sense on a single machine, or a machine sitting on a slow network link or as a standalone. It really should be an option rather than a default for the majority.
My kit is not exactly new (> 2 years old) and I have so far noticed no major performance issues.
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